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River still disappointingly low first thing for salmon fishing, but rose through the day and was unfishable by tea time with the clarity very poor. Two fish did show at the bottom of the beat in the afternoon though, one quite coloured.
Had some entertainment with the trout rod, first in the Island stream then in Rectory stream with the fish taking a GRHE or an Iron Blue dun. As usual, many more missed and came off.

7 Trout, 3 Grayling

Fished the last peg. Caught through out the day until I left at 2.00 fed up with canoeists going through my line
Fished on pellet but better fish caught on 12mm boilie. Put plenty of hemp in the feed

9 Barbel, 8 Chub

Some very nice barbel from this stretch with the vast majority weighing around 8lb to 8.08lb

11 Barbel, 4 Chub

Went down for a couple of hours in the evening. River up a bit and coloured. The evening turned cold and windy. Unsurprisingly little fly activity and nothing rising . Tried duo with ptn without success.

I fished a peg around 2/3 down the stretch, starting around 10am on the float. Struggled a bit but had a few small chub on meat, lost a couple into roots in the near bank. Swapped after lunch onto a small lead. Various small and large hook baits, meat, halibut pellet, robin red small boilie with pellets in pva mesh. A few taps but not successful. Switched back to lighter tackle late afternoon, touch ledger with swan shot on a running link and a 10mm carp pellet banded to a size 10 hook. Bites became very frequent, several small chub, another couple of larger ones lost to a snag. x3 lovely barbel in the evening up to 7lb 2oz.

3 Barbel, 10 Chub

Nice summer stretch with good access.

7 Barbel, 10 Chub

First time at this beat. River rose about 9 inches throughout the day becoming slightly coloured. Concentrated on Island and Rock Pool. No fish caught and, apart from a big splash towards the bridge, no salmon seen. Enjoyable day none the less, getting used to new Salmon fly rod and line.

River looked good , caught barbel late in day on pellets and chub throughout the day biggest just over 5lbs

3 Barbel, 8 Chub

Late afternoon/evening on the Honddu. I got to the river to find the water was a good height after recent rain, but horribly coloured - basically chocolate. Only hope was to fish streamers. This worked well, with plenty of fish willing to attack a black leech pattern tied on a jig hook. Bumped and lost a good few. Most of the fish were fairly small (6 to 10 inches) but there were a good handful from 12 to 14 inches.

20 Trout

Plenty Salmon seen. Algal bloom still a problem.

3 Chub